@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref15014,
author = {Richard Cloutier},
title = {Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution within the Actinistia.},
year = {1991},
keywords = {Coelacanth, Rates of morphological evolution, Evolutionary morphology, Clad&tics, Phylogeny, Evolution, Paleontology, Tempo, Bradytely, Diversity},
doi = {10.1007/bf00007444},
url = {},
pmid = {},
journal = {Environmental Biology of Fishes},
volume = {32},
number = {},
pages = {23--58},
abstract = {The interrelationships of 31 actinistian species (including Latimeria chalumnae) are analyzed based on a cladistic analysis of 75 osteological characters. Inference of evolutionary trends (e.g., mod)fication of body shape and skull morphology) from the phylogenetic patterns demonstrates that the morphology of actinistians is less conservative than has been proposed previously. This empirical cladistic approach supports two distinct tempos of evolution during an evolutionary history of 380 million years. Along a phylogenetic pathway originating with a Devonian stem-species and ending with the living Latimeria chalumnae (including 101 morphological changes and 18 cladogenetic events), the first tempo occurred during the Devonian - Permian periods as a decreasing rate of morphological changes, which was followed by a stabilizing tempo during the Permian - Recent periods. The decreasing tempo is characterized by a sequence of gradual versus quantum temporal changes and low versus faster rates, whereas the stabilizing tempo primarily is gradual and low. In contrast to a common assumption, no significant correlation was found between the rates of morphological evolution and the temporal diversity of species. Key words: Coelacanth, Rates of morphological evolution, Evolutionary morphology, Cladistics, Phylogeny, Evolution, Paleontology, Tempo, Bradytely, Diversity.}
}
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"Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution within the Actinistia.".
This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S295
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Cloutier R. 1991. Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution within the Actinistia. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 32: 23-58.
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The interrelationships of 31 actinistian species (including Latimeria chalumnae) are analyzed based on a cladistic analysis of 75 osteological characters. Inference of evolutionary trends (e.g., mod)fication of body shape and skull morphology) from the phylogenetic patterns demonstrates that the morphology of actinistians is less conservative than has been proposed previously. This empirical cladistic approach supports two distinct tempos of evolution during an evolutionary history of 380 million years. Along a phylogenetic pathway originating with a Devonian stem-species and ending with the living Latimeria chalumnae (including 101 morphological changes and 18 cladogenetic events), the first tempo occurred during the Devonian - Permian periods as a decreasing rate of morphological changes, which was followed by a stabilizing tempo during the Permian - Recent periods. The decreasing tempo is characterized by a sequence of gradual versus quantum temporal changes and low versus faster rates, whereas the stabilizing tempo primarily is gradual and low. In contrast to a common assumption, no significant correlation was found between the rates of morphological evolution and the temporal diversity of species. Key words: Coelacanth, Rates of morphological evolution, Evolutionary morphology, Cladistics, Phylogeny, Evolution, Paleontology, Tempo, Bradytely, Diversity.
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Coelacanth, Rates of morphological evolution, Evolutionary morphology, Clad&tics, Phylogeny, Evolution, Paleontology, Tempo, Bradytely, Diversity
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@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref15014,
author = {Richard Cloutier},
title = {Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution within the Actinistia.},
year = {1991},
keywords = {Coelacanth, Rates of morphological evolution, Evolutionary morphology, Clad&tics, Phylogeny, Evolution, Paleontology, Tempo, Bradytely, Diversity},
doi = {10.1007/bf00007444},
url = {},
pmid = {},
journal = {Environmental Biology of Fishes},
volume = {32},
number = {},
pages = {23--58},
abstract = {The interrelationships of 31 actinistian species (including Latimeria chalumnae) are analyzed based on a cladistic analysis of 75 osteological characters. Inference of evolutionary trends (e.g., mod)fication of body shape and skull morphology) from the phylogenetic patterns demonstrates that the morphology of actinistians is less conservative than has been proposed previously. This empirical cladistic approach supports two distinct tempos of evolution during an evolutionary history of 380 million years. Along a phylogenetic pathway originating with a Devonian stem-species and ending with the living Latimeria chalumnae (including 101 morphological changes and 18 cladogenetic events), the first tempo occurred during the Devonian - Permian periods as a decreasing rate of morphological changes, which was followed by a stabilizing tempo during the Permian - Recent periods. The decreasing tempo is characterized by a sequence of gradual versus quantum temporal changes and low versus faster rates, whereas the stabilizing tempo primarily is gradual and low. In contrast to a common assumption, no significant correlation was found between the rates of morphological evolution and the temporal diversity of species. Key words: Coelacanth, Rates of morphological evolution, Evolutionary morphology, Cladistics, Phylogeny, Evolution, Paleontology, Tempo, Bradytely, Diversity.}
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TY - JOUR
ID - 15014
AU - Cloutier,Richard
T1 - Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution within the Actinistia.
PY - 1991
KW - Coelacanth
KW - Rates of morphological evolution
KW - Evolutionary morphology
KW - Clad&tics
KW - Phylogeny
KW - Evolution
KW - Paleontology
KW - Tempo
KW - Bradytely
KW - Diversity
UR -
N2 - The interrelationships of 31 actinistian species (including Latimeria chalumnae) are analyzed based on a cladistic analysis of 75 osteological characters. Inference of evolutionary trends (e.g., mod)fication of body shape and skull morphology) from the phylogenetic patterns demonstrates that the morphology of actinistians is less conservative than has been proposed previously. This empirical cladistic approach supports two distinct tempos of evolution during an evolutionary history of 380 million years. Along a phylogenetic pathway originating with a Devonian stem-species and ending with the living Latimeria chalumnae (including 101 morphological changes and 18 cladogenetic events), the first tempo occurred during the Devonian - Permian periods as a decreasing rate of morphological changes, which was followed by a stabilizing tempo during the Permian - Recent periods. The decreasing tempo is characterized by a sequence of gradual versus quantum temporal changes and low versus faster rates, whereas the stabilizing tempo primarily is gradual and low. In contrast to a common assumption, no significant correlation was found between the rates of morphological evolution and the temporal diversity of species. Key words: Coelacanth, Rates of morphological evolution, Evolutionary morphology, Cladistics, Phylogeny, Evolution, Paleontology, Tempo, Bradytely, Diversity.
L3 - 10.1007/bf00007444
JF - Environmental Biology of Fishes
VL - 32
IS -
SP - 23
EP - 58
ER -
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